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Gold leaves New York as the dollar system cracks
The Dutch National Bank announced Sept. 2 that it had shifted more than a quarter of the gold it held in New York and Ottawa to London between March and August 2026, mostly by selling […]
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NPR blames Cuba for what the U.S. blockade did
Sept. 5, 2026 While listening to a May 2, 2026, NPR interview with Cuban American musician Arturo Sandoval, I was reminded of the late Marxist scholar Michael Parenti’s classic text, “Inventing Reality: The Politics of […]
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When the settlers come down from the hills
The West Bank and our responsibility Across the occupied West Bank, the scene has become grimly familiar. Armed, often masked Israeli settlers descend from hilltop settlements and outposts toward Palestinian villages, farmland and grazing areas. […]
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Why they hate Gary, Indiana
For generations, the rule for Black workers in the United States has been “last hired, first fired.” In the Black city of Gary, Indiana, it’s now “the last place where the lights came back on.” […]
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Congressional shadow hearing to break the blockade on Cuba
Washington, D.C., Sept. 4, 2026 On Sept. 2, 2026, Congresswomen Delia Ramírez and Ilhan Omar hosted a shadow hearing in Congress on “Breaking the Blockade: Reassessing the Moral and Legal Failures of U.S.-Cuba Policy.” A shadow […]
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D.C. protest defends Venezuela, demands freedom for Maduro and Flores
Washington, D.C., Sept. 3 — On Jan. 3, 2026, the Trump administration carried out one of the most brazen acts of imperialist aggression in Latin America in decades. U.S. forces invaded Venezuela and seized its […]
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The USS Lincoln’s ‘leisure trip’ to Thailand: a port call of U.S. neocolonialism and femicide
The arrival of the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) for a ‘leisure trip’ in Thailand before returning to its campaign of destruction against the people of West Asia demands immediate interrogation and opposition. For us Thai […]
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Slander over solidarity: the BBC reports a Himalayan disaster
On Aug. 26, a glacier collapsed high on the Nepali side of the Himalayan range, sending a wall of ice, rock, mud and water down the river valleys straddling the border between Nepal and the […]
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Venezuela under siege: What should progressives do?
Ever since Hugo Chávez became Venezuela’s president in 1999 and initiated the Bolivarian Revolution, the country has been under siege by the U.S. The aggression escalated with the kidnapping of its lawful president, part of […]
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Under U.S. siege, Venezuela’s communes are transforming daily life
Brasil de Fato, Aug. 30, 2026. Translation: Orinoco Tribune. Communities in the heart of Caracas are creating new ways of living based on direct democracy and a communal economy. Grassroots solutions that transform the present […]